Senior Designer

The Senior Designer will be responsible for designing/developing levels and implementing gameplay scenarios including: level construction, texturing, basic lighting, event scripting, AI scripting, game balancing and tuning for a third person action game on next generation consoles.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Design Lead on game design systems and expectations and generate documentation to clearly communicate ideas and goals.
• Implement, iterate and evolve game/level design from early planning stages to final release.
• Deliver work on time within a tight schedule, while working closely with the level design, artist, animation, and programming team members.
• Demonstrate initiative as a senior member of the department, mentor other design team members, and set examples of best practices in accordance with design lead's expectations.
• Cultivate a positive team dynamic.
• All efforts focus on making a fun and creatively engaging player experience.
  

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years as a level designer on current generation and previous generation consoles.
• Level editor experience using Radiant, WorldCraft, Unreal Editor, or other 3D package.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills – a strong ability to work across multiple disciplines to gather feedback and address cross-functional design issues.
• Penchant for practical innovation and the ability to bring new ideas to the table.
• Passionate player of games with an ability to analyze competitive products for their strengths and weaknesses.
  

Preferred Skills

• Third person action genre level design experience.
• Understanding melee combat tactics and weapons.
• Familiarity with Maya.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development environment.
• Unreal 3 level building and scripting experience on a least one shipped console product. Thorough knowledge of Kismet and familiarity with Matinee.
  

• Applicants must be able to work at our Sherman Oaks, California studios and be authorized to work in the United States.
• Email only. No visits or phone calls, please.
• The Subject line of your email must reference the job title and your name, like this:
  Senior Designer: Last name, First name
• Include your resume as an email attachment, preferably as a PDF or in Word 2003 or later format. Include links to online portfolio if applicable.
• Make sure your resume also includes your name, address, phone, and email.
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*principle applications only.  no recruitment firms please.

 

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